Monthly Archives: February 2011

Today brought an end to the fabulous run of ‘Picasso at the Lapine Agile’, and with the end of any show comes the strike. As we were taking the scenery down to the waiting trucks, it became apparent that our … Continue reading →

Here in Tokyo spring is definitely upon us. Yesterday topped 20 degrees, and for the first time since returning from the UK I was reminded of the sense of touch, with some feeling having returned to my wizened fingers. … Continue reading →

Today I managed to mortally offend one of the girls in my class, twice. First of all I told her that she looked very scary (kowaii) in her new outfit. I at least had a semi-legitimate excuse for this mistake, … Continue reading →

Today we learnt that, as a child, one of our classmates was taught how to eat Taiwanese Tofu by his parents. The poor lad took something approaching an epoch to construct this sentence, only to be put in his place … Continue reading →

There was another grammatical gem from one of my fellow classmates today, as he informed the rest of the class that he often got documents from hall people. This conjured up images of a bitter and resentful race, lurking somewhere … Continue reading →

The weekend caught up with me at about five o’clock this afternoon, just as I was sitting in a coffee shop trying to get on with some studying. One minute I was reading about why I should never ask a … Continue reading →